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Principal photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and=20
Wellington. Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-action=
=20
shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live environmen=
ts.=20
"Ideally at the end of the day the audience has no idea which they're looki=
ng=20
at," Cameron said. The director indicated that he had already worked four=
=20
months on nonprincipal scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot wi=
th a=20
modified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, devel=
oped=20
by Cameron and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D=
=20
filming for Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's=
=20
strong opinion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing =
less=20
noticeable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60%=20
computer-generated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional=20
miniatures.[69] Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes=20
Aircraft stage in Playa Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photograp=
hy=20
began in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was schedul=
ed=20
to last 31 days.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[=
70]=20
In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent=20
professional training specific to their characters such as archery, horseba=
ck=20
riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and=20
dialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before=20
shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical=20
rainforests[73] to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on t=
he=20
soundstage.[72] During filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera syst=
em,=20
a new way of directing motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the acto=
rs'=20
virtual counterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing t=
he=20
director to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. Accor=
ding=20
to Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to fly throug=
h=20
space, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a=
=20
living miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventio=
nal=20
techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-capt=
ure=20
of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminish the=
=20
value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no need fo=
r=20
repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up touch-ups=
,=20
scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron described the=
=20
system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tree or a=20
mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete control ov=
er=20
the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielberg and Peter=
=20
Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said, "I like to=
=20
think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Motion capture=
=20
brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and directors on=
ly=20
know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg and George Lucas =
were=20
also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with the equipment.[77] =
To=20
film the shots where CGI interacts with live action, a unique camera referr=
ed=20
to as a "simulcam" was used, a merger of the 3-D fusion camera and the virt=
ual=20
camera systems. While filming live action in real time with the simulcam, t=
he=20
CGI images captured with the virtual camera or designed from scratch, are=
=20
superimposed over the live action images as in augmented reality and shown =
on a=20
small monitor, making it possible for the director to instruct the actors h=
ow=20
to relate to the virtual material in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's person=
al=20
convictions about climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food =
to=20
be served on set.=20


A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during productio=
n.=20
According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed since the 1990s to=
=20
allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advancement to adequa=
tely=20
portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director planned to make use of=
=20
photorealistic computer-generated characters, created using new motion capt=
ure=20
animation technologies he had been developing in the 14 months leading up t=
o=20
December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new system for lighting massive ar=
eas=20
like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture stage or "volume" six times lar=
ger=20
than any previously used, and an improved method of capturing facial=20
expressions, enabling full performance capture. To achieve the face capturi=
ng,=20
actors wore individually made skull caps fitted with a tiny camera position=
ed=20
in front of the actors' faces; the information collected about their facial=
=20
expressions and eyes is then transmitted to computers.[81] According to=20
Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers to transfer 100% of the actors'=
=20
physical performances to their digital counterparts.[82] Besides the=20
performance capture data which were transferred directly to the computers,=
=20
numerous reference cameras gave the digital artists multiple angles of each=
=20
performance.[83] A technically challenging scene was near the end of the fi=
lm=20
when the computer-generated Neytiri held the live action Jake in human form=
,=20
and attention was given to the details of the shadows and reflected light=
=20
between them.[84] The lead visual effects company was Weta Digital in=20
Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to work on the film.[85] Beca=
use=20
of the huge amount of data which needed to be stored, cataloged and availab=
le=20
for everybody involved, even on the other side of the world, a new cloud=20
computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) system named Gaia was created =
by=20
Microsoft especially for Avatar, which allowed the crews to keep track of a=
nd=20
coordinate all stages in the digital processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta=
=20
used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packar=
d=20
servers with 35,000 processor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three=20
petabytes of network area storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster=
=20
manager, and 2 of the animation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan an=
d=20
Pixar's Alfred queue management system.[87][88][89][90] The render farm=20
occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in the TOP500 list of the world's most=20
powerful supercomputers. A new texturing and paint software system, called=
=20
Mari, was developed by The Foundry in cooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creati=
ng=20
the Na'vi characters and the virtual world of Pandora required over a petab=
yte=20
of digital storage,[93] and each minute of the final footage for Avatar=20
occupies 17.28 gigabytes of storage.[94] It would often take the computer=
=20
several hours to render a single frame of the film.[95] To help finish=20
preparing the special effects sequences on time, a number of other companie=
s=20
were brought on board, including Industrial Light & Magic, which worked=20
alongside Weta Digital to create the battle sequences. ILM was responsible =
for=20
the visual effects for many of the film's specialized vehicles and devised =
a=20
new way to make CGI explosions.[96] Joe Letteri was the film's visual effec=
ts=20
general supervisor.[97] Music and soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music fr=
om=20
the Motion Picture James Horner =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:=
32 listen to=20
a clip from the score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? =
See=20
media help. Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration =
with=20
Cameron after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score wi=
th a=20
small chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also=
=20
worked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture f=
or=20
the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take place =
in=20
early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would n=
ot=20
work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on the sc=
ore=20
from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process. He stat=
ed=20
in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on =
and=20
the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed the score as two=
=20
different scores merged into one. He first created a score that reflected t=
he=20
Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "traditional" score=
 to=20
drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was chosen to sing the theme=
=20
song for the film, called "I See You". An accompanying music video, directe=
d by=20
Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on MySpace.

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Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the=
=20
context of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration=
 was=20
"every single science fiction book I read as a kid" and that he wanted to=
=20
update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He=20
acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fields=
 of=20
the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes=
=20
between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a=20
battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fighti=
ng=20
against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Princ=
ess=20
Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, Cameron=
=20
filed a 45-page legal declaration that intended to "describe in great detai=
l=20
the genesis of the ideas, themes, storylines, and images that came to be=20
Avatar."[107] In addition to historical events (such as European colonizati=
on=20
of the Americas), his life experiences and several of his unproduced projec=
ts,=20
Cameron drew connections between Avatar and his previous films. He cited hi=
s=20
script and concept art for Xenogenesis, partially produced as a short film,=
 as=20
being the basis for many of the ideas and visual designs in Avatar. He stat=
ed=20
that Avatar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligence within nature, the id=
ea=20
of projecting force or consciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien=
=20
planets, greedy corporate interests backed up by military force, the story =
of a=20
seemingly weaker group prevailing over a technologically superior force, an=
d=20
the good scientist were all established and recurrent themes" from his earl=
ier=20
films including Aliens, The Abyss, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Terminat=
or=20
and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He specifically mentioned the "water tentac=
le"=20
in The Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of.=
..an=20
alien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108=
]=20
Cameron also cited a number of works by other creators as "reference points=
 and=20
sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite" fil=
ms,=20
2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution after meeting=
=20
alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounters and=20
immerses into a foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group to fig=
ht=20
other outsiders." Cameron said he became familiar with the concept of a hum=
an=20
operating a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from George Henry Smith=
's=20
short story "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the=
=20
Stars. He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk nov=
els=20
Neuromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The=
=20
idea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.=20
Cameron mentioned several other films about people interacting with "indige=
nous=20
cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Would=
 Be=20
King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book and=20
FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stories =
by=20
Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling and H.=
=20
Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was ask=
ed=20
about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarna=
tion=20
of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means =
is=20
that the human technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's=
=20
intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body."[10] Cameron =
also=20
cited the Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms o=
f=20
how humans can remotely control, and transfer their personalities into, ali=
en=20
bodies.[109][110] For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri,=
=20
Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, which he said was in the traditi=
on=20
of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of =
Jack=20
and Rose from his film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples come f=
rom=20
radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relationship an=
d=20
are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[113] Cameron=
=20
described Neytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline followed th=
e=20
historical story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love with the chief's=
=20
daughter, who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their special bond with=
=20
nature."[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love st=
ory=20
would be perceived as believable partially hinged on the physical=20
attractiveness of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed by=20
considering her appeal to the all-male crew of artists.[114] Although Camer=
on=20
felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayers=20
(Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two act=
ors=20
"had a great chemistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the middle =
of a=20
forest. Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by =
the=20
Chinese Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Pa=
rk=20
For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspirat=
ion=20
from "many different types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone=20
formations in China."[116] According to production designer Dylan Cole, the=
=20
fictional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow=
=20
Mountain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron=
 had=20
noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating=20
mountains.[117] To create the interiors of the human mining colony on Pando=
ra,=20
production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform in=
 the=20
Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photographed, measured and filmed eve=
ry=20
aspect of the platform, which was later replicated on-screen with=20
photorealistic CGI during post-production.


The first photo of the film was released on August 14, 2009,[124] and Empir=
e=20
released exclusive images from the film in its October issue.[125] Cameron,=
=20
producer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appear=
ed=20
at a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on Ju=
ly=20
23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] Weav=
er=20
and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speaking on =
the=20
23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. James Cameron announced at the=
=20
Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this day, th=
e=20
trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official game trailer a=
nd=20
toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day.[131] The 129-second=20
trailer was released online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 210-second tra=
iler=20
was premiered in theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon after premiered on=
line=20
on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[133][134] An extended=
=20
version in IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive reviews.[132] The Holly=
wood=20
Reporter said that audience expectations were colored by "the [same]=20
establishment skepticism that preceded Titanic" and suggested the showing=
=20
reflected the desire for original storytelling.[135] The teaser has been am=
ong=20
the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the fir=
st=20
place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 million views.[136] On Oct=
ober=20
30, to celebrate the opening of the first 3-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowe=
d=20
Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 minutes of Avatar to a number of=20
press.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trailer of the film premiered live =
on=20
November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys football game at Cowboys Stadium =
in=20
Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Vision screen, one of the world's largest=
=20
video displays, and to TV audiences viewing the game on Fox. It is said to =
be=20
the largest live motion picture trailer viewing in history.[138] The Coca-C=
ola=20
Company collaborated with Fox to launch a worldwide marketing campaign to=
=20
promote the film. The highlight of the campaign was the website AVTR.com.=
=20
Specially marked bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of =
a=20
webcam, enabled users to interact with the website's 3-D features using=20
augmented reality (AR) technology.[139] The film was heavily promoted in an=
=20
episode of the Fox series Bones in the episode "The Gamer In The Grease"=20
(Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star Joel David Moore has a recurring role on=
 the=20
program, and is seen in the episode anxiously awaiting the release of the=
=20
film.[140] A week prior to the American release, Zoe Saldana promoted the f=
ilm=20
on Adult Swim when she was interviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141]=20
McDonald's had a promotion mentioned in television commercials in Europe ca=
lled=20
"Avatarize yourself", which encouraged people to go to the website set up b=
y=20
Oddcast, and use a photograph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Bo=
oks=20
Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pando=
ra,=20
a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional settin=
g of=20
the planet of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24,=
=20
2009.[143] It is presented as a compilation of data collected by the humans=
=20
about Pandora and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathiso=
n.=20
HarperFestival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The=
=20
Reusable Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was released on=20
November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed production=
=20
artwork from the film, including production sketches, illustrations by Lisa=
=20
Fitzpatrick, and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the foreword, Camer=
on=20
wrote the epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In=
=20
October 2010, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, a 272-page b=
ook=20
that detailed the film's production process and contains over 500 color=20
photographs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Cameron said that =
he=20
planned to write a novel version of Avatar after the film was released.[147=
] In=20
February 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron plans a prequel nove=
l=20
for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story of the movie, but it wou=
ld=20
go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have time to d=
eal=20
with", saying that "Jim wants to write a novel that is a big, epic story th=
at=20
fills in a lot of things".[148] In August 2013 it was announced that Camero=
n=20
hired Steven Gould to pen four standalone novels to expand the Avatar=20
universe.[149] ance Post released a special limited edition stamp based on=
=20
Avatar, coinciding with the film's worldwide release.


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Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1=E2=80=934 (Nov. 1982 =E2=80=93 Feb. 1983), =
by writer Bill=20
Mantlo and penciller Rick Leonardi. The mini-series showed Vision and Wanda=
=20
moving into a house in Leonia, New Jersey, hoping to strengthen their marri=
age=20
by enjoying a life and experiences outside of the Avengers. This was follow=
ed=20
by a second limited series that lasted 12 issues (Oct. 1985 =E2=80=93 Sept.=
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written by Steve Englehart and penciled by Richard Howell. Despite their=20
previous home being burned down by people who consider the marriage of an=
=20
android and a mutant to be unnatural, Vision and Wanda move back to Leonia =
and=20
again attempt to live a suburban life outside of their duties as superheroe=
s.=20
The series cemented that the Vision and Simon Williams (Wonder Man) now=20
regarded each other as twin brothers, since part of Vision's programming wa=
s=20
based on the brainwave pattern of Simon. Early in the series, the Scarlet W=
itch=20
is a colony of sorcerers during a deadly, magical ritual. The Scarlet Witch=
=20
temporarily taps into this powerful magical energy and is able to grant her=
self=20
a wish for a family. She becomes pregnant and nine months later gives birth=
 to=20
twin boys, Thomas and William ("Billy"). Englehart later took over as write=
r=20
for the Avengers spin-off series West Coast Avengers, featuring a new branc=
h of=20
the team that was based in Los Angeles. Having grown fond of Vision and Wan=
da,=20
he added them to the Avengers West team. Later on, John Byrne took over as=
=20
writer/penciller for West Coast Avengers (which would soon be retitled Aven=
gers=20
West Coast). Byrne believed it was a mistake to give an android character=
=20
emotions and to give him and Wanda a family. His "Vision Quest" story in We=
st=20
Coast Avengers #42=E2=80=9345 (March =E2=80=93 June 1989) had the Vision di=
smantled, his human=20
brain patterns wiped out, and his artificial skin rendered chalk-white (mod=
ern=20
printing techniques and paper meant it was now more feasible to give a=20
character chalk-white skin or costumes). Rather than portray the Vision as =
a=20
synthetic man, Byrne depicted his parts as purely robotic and his skin as a=
=20
costume-like shell. Journalist Karen Walker later commented, "This image al=
one=20
has probably done more to shape how future writers (and readers) perceive t=
he=20
character than anything before or since. Once seen broken down into compone=
nt=20
parts, it's hard to truly move past that image and think of Vision as a=20
synthetic man, not a machine."[4] Vision's memories were restored but not h=
is=20
emotions. As such, he could no longer reciprocate Wanda's feelings or even=
=20
express love for his children, which led to the annulment of their marriage=
.=20
Byrne then went further, undoing the Vision's origin by revealing he was no=
t=20
the original Torch. The same issue depicted the original Human Torch being=
=20
reactivated and meeting the Vision face to face. Following this, Byrne reve=
aled=20
that the children of Vision and Wanda were not real, explaining that Scarle=
t=20
Witch had suffered a "hysterical pregnancy" and her temporarily increased p=
ower=20
had projected this desire for children into creating imaginary constructs. =
The=20
children were then wiped from existence. Further trauma led to Wanda becomi=
ng=20
catatonic soon afterward. Rather than nurse his wife, Vision left Avengers=
=20
West, concluding he could not help Wanda further and his presence would be =
more=20
useful as a member of the NYC based team. Byrne also had Vision refuse an o=
ffer=20
by Wonder Man to restore human brain patterns to his mind, possibly restori=
ng=20
his capacity for emotions in the process. In Avengers Spotlight #40 (1991),=
=20
Vision realized a human brainwave pattern was necessary for his operation a=
nd=20
gained one based on deceased research scientist Alex Lipton. This restored =
some=20
of Vision's for emotion and empathy. The same story featured Vision gaining=
 a=20
personal holographic projector so he could assume the guise of an average=
=20
person and mingle with humanity more to learn a greater understanding of=20
people. This identity was called "Victor Shade." Marvel later decided to=20
restore the Vision's original red-skinned appearance. To do this, an emotio=
nal=20
and villainous Vision from a parallel timeline was introduced as member of =
the=20
Gatherers, a new group of enemies to the Avengers. This alternate Vision=20
(sometimes called Anti-Vision) infiltrated the Avengers team by exchanging =
his=20
mind with the heroic Vision.[10] After another battle with the Gatherers, t=
he=20
Anti-Vision escaped, still housed in the chalk-white body. The heroic Visio=
n=20
returned to the Avengers, now once again with red-colored skin.[11] This=20
occurred in The Avengers #360-363, by writer Bob Harras and artists Steve=
=20
Epting and Tom Palmer. In late 1994, writer Bob Harras and penciller Manny=
=20
Clark produced the first Vision limited series, lasting 4 issues.[12] The=
=20
series featured Vision suffering a mental breakdown, as his original=20
personality (based on the brainwaves of Wonder Man) began to emerge and cla=
sh=20
with the Adam Lipton emotions. After fighting the Anti-Vision again, Vision=
=20
found mental and emotional balance again, now with full emotional capacity=
=20
restored. Later on, he revealed that this also meant he had regained the=20
emotions tied to his memories from before being dismantled, including his=
=20
feelings for Wanda. A four-issue series, Avengers Icons: The Vision, was=20
published in late 2002, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis. T=
he=20
mini-series featured Vision meeting people related to Phineas T. Horton, th=
e=20
original Human Torch's creator. Vision considered these people to now be hi=
s=20
family. The story arc Avengers Disassembled featured the Vision being=20
destroyed. The story included an explanation that he was damaged beyond rep=
air.=20
Soon afterward, the original Young Avengers series introduced a new Vision,=
=20
whose personality was created by a combination of the synthezoid Vision's=
=20
programming and mental engrams of the hero Iron Lad. It is later revealed t=
hat=20
the Young Avengers members Wiccan and Speed are teenage reincarnations of W=
anda=20
and Vision's children Billy and Thomas, indicating they might have been rea=
l=20
all along. The original android Vision is fully rebuilt and restored in The=
=20
Avengers vol. 4 #19 in 2012 and once again becomes a regular star of the=20
series. After the series is cancelled in 2013, Vision becomes the star of t=
he=20
series Avengers A.I. where he joins a team of fellow synthetic and=20
cybernetically enhanced beings, including the cyborg Victor Mancha, another=
=20
"son" of Ultron. Vision again appeared in a new 12-issues Vision series=20
published from November 2015 to October 2016. The series featured him creat=
ing=20
an android wife and two android children in another attempt to live a happy=
,=20
family life in the suburbs. This attempt largely ends in failure. A later=
=20
encounter with the Hulk leads to the Vision's destruction again in Avengers=
=20
#685. He is later rebuilt but his core remains damaged, meaning he will=20
eventually die. In Champions vol. 2 #22, Vision concludes life is meant to =
be=20
finite. Later, Vision is fully healed due to the energies of the House of I=
deas=20
in Avengers No Road Home #9-10. Fictional character biography Debut of the=
=20
Silver Age Vision: The Avengers #57 (Oct. 1968). Cover pencils by John=20
Buscema.[13] Founding member of the Avengers and scientist/adventurer Hank =
Pym=20
(also known by the code names Ant-Man, Giant-Man, and Goliath) decides to=
=20
experiment with creating artificial intelligence, using a combination of=20
computer programming and recordings of human brainwave patterns. Hank's hop=
e is=20
to create a robot who does not just simulate emotions but can truly feel an=
d=20
achieve emotional growth. His work results in the creation of a robot calle=
d=20
Ultron who immediately turns on him and escapes. Ultron then upgrades himse=
lf=20
repeatedly, finally creating a formidable robotic form which can allow him =
to=20
do battle. Hating his father and wishing to dominate Earth, Ultron makes=20
attacks against the Avengers, both on his own and through the use of agents=
=20
such as the Masters of Evil team. Ultron's first ally is Eric Williams, the=
=20
Grim Reaper, a villain who hates the Avengers because he blames them for th=
e=20
death of his brother Simon Williams, the ionically empowered hero Wonder Ma=
n=20
(Eric and the Avengers were unaware at the time that Wonder Man was alive a=
nd=20
only in a coma-like state).[14] Inspired by how strongly Eric is motivated =
by=20
his connection to his brother, Ultron decides he wants family too.[15] To=
=20
create an android "son", Ultron first tracks down the body of the original=
=20
android Human Torch, a Golden Age hero and android described by his creator=
=20
Phineas T. Horton as a "synthetic man", being replica of an adult human mal=
e=20
with synthetic organs, blood, tissue, muscle, and skeleton. Unknown to the=
=20
living robot, the time villain called Immortus uses his powers to duplicate=
 the=20
original Torch moments before Ultron's arrival, creating twin copies. While=
=20
Ultron takes one deactivated Human Torch back to his lab, the other deactiv=
ated=20
Human Torch remains behind, waiting to be reactivated. Immortus did this as=
=20
part of larger plans he had to manipulate the Avengers.[16] In his lab, Ult=
ron=20
adds robotic technology of his own design to his copy of the android Torch,=
=20
creating a new artificial life form with a physical appearance and abilitie=
s=20
different from the original Torch. Primarily, this android is able to absor=
b=20
and expel solar radiation and control his density. Ultron then copies Pym's=
=20
method of replicating human brainwaves and, in recognition of his being=20
inspired by the Grim Reaper, bases his creation's personality program on th=
e=20
brainwave patterns of Wonder Man.[15] When the android is brought online, h=
e=20
knows Ultron to be his creator but does not know about his connection to th=
e=20
android hero the Human Torch. Ultron does not give his son a name.[2] Ultro=
n=20
sends his son to Avengers Mansion. Wasp witnesses the android float through=
 the=20
mansion and is startled, describing the intruder as a ghostly "vision." Aft=
er=20
battling and studying the Avengers, the android concludes they are good peo=
ple=20
whereas Ultron is corrupt. Taking the name Vision, the android aids the=20
Avengers and turns against Ultron.[2] The Avengers learn how Ultron created=
 him=20
and that he is arguably alive, his programming based on mimicking a human m=
ind.=20
Due to his mixture of robotics and synthetic organs, Hank Pym later remarks=
 it=20
would be more accurate to call Vision a "synthezoid." Seeing him as a perso=
n,=20
and because of the team's past successes with recruiting former villains an=
d=20
criminals wishing to atone for past actions, the Avengers welcome the andro=
id=20
to the team. Overwhelmed by this act of acceptance from the group, Vision=
=20
immediately excuses himself and weeps.[17] An alternate account of the Visi=
on's=20
origin includes Wasp explaining that starting a new life and finding a new=
=20
identity can involve imagining "a vision" of the person you aspire to be an=
d=20
then trying to reach it. Affected by these words, this becomes why the andr=
oid=20
chooses his name.[18] Yet another account suggests that the name came from =
a=20
memory of Horton's prototype, a robot he created before perfecting the orig=
inal=20
Human Torch. This prototype had been nicknamed "the vision of tomorrow."[19=
]=20
While he is with the Avengers, Vision proves a valuable member and a loyal=
=20
teammate. The villain Grim Reaper takes an interest in Vision, at first see=
ing=20
him as his own brother Simon now resurrected. When the Reaper offers to=20
transfer the Vision's mind into the human body of Captain America, making h=
im=20
truly human, Vision plays along to defeat him later. After multiple encount=
ers,=20
the Grim Reaper grows a hatred for Vision, seeing him as a mockery of his d=
ead=20
brother Wonder Man. But you don=E2=80=99t have to take my word for it=E2=80=
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Vision begins to suffer mental stress and curiosity, realizing he wishes a=
=20
purpose in life beyond the Avengers. He seeks out help from scientist Miles=
=20
Lipton, an expert in artificial intelligence and philosophies regarding=20
consciousness. Lipton upgrades Vision with a holographic projector so he ca=
n=20
disguise himself as a human, "Victor Shade", and mingle with humanity to le=
arn=20
more about them. When Vision continues to show mental stress, Lipton learns=
 the=20
android's mind requires a replicated human brain pattern for his operating=
=20
system to properly function. Miles Lipton uploads a program based on the br=
ain=20
patterns and memory recordings of his deceased son, scientist Alex Lipton. =
As a=20
result, Vision's mental strain is alleviated and he regains some understand=
ing=20
of emotion, as well as a greater capacity for empathy.[41] The Avengers fig=
ht a=20
group of enemies called the Gatherers, one of whom is an overtly emotional =
and=20
corrupt Vision who still has red-colored skin and is native to a parallel=
=20
Earth. This other Vision (later called "Anti-Vision") infiltrates the Aveng=
ers=20
by exchanging minds with the heroic Vision.[10] While the Anti-Vision opera=
tes=20
with the Avengers, now housed in the chalk-white body, the heroic Vision=20
awakens in a red-skinned body identical to his original form, now a prisone=
r of=20
the Gatherers. Eventually, he is freed but Anti-Vision escapes before they =
can=20
exchange minds again.[11] Soon after having his original appearance restore=
d,=20
Vision experiences nightmares and then suffers a temporary break from reali=
ty,=20
convincing himself he is a 1930s movie style private detective named Simon=
=20
Williams. He realizes Ultron's design included a back-up of Wonder Man's br=
ain=20
patterns, a back-up which is now activating and clashing with those of Alex=
=20
Lipton. After defeating the Anti-Vision, who was responsible for his=20
nightmares, Vision is able to reassert his identity and the different aspec=
ts=20
of his mind merge, restoring his original personality. Vision takes a leave=
 of=20
absence from the Avengers to properly adjust.[12] Returning to the Avengers=
=20
team later, he approaches Wanda, who realizes that he his capacity for emot=
ions=20
has been restored. When Vision broaches the subject, Wanda becomes guarded =
and=20
tells him that their relationship is in the past.[42] Vision decides not to=
=20
explain to her he has also regained the emotions tied to his memories from=
=20
before he was dismantled, deciding he has hurt Wanda enough. When Wanda lat=
er=20
officially rejoins the main Avengers team, the two are tense around each ot=
her=20
but Pietro Maximoff, having also returned and now regretful of his treatmen=
t of=20
Vision in the past, attempts to reconnect them as friends. Vision is presen=
t=20
when the Fantastic Four and the Avengers attempt to stop the powerful villa=
in=20
Onslaught. During the battle, he is seriously injured and instinctively ask=
s=20
for Wanda, hoping she will comfort him. Soon afterward, Vision joins Wanda,=
 the=20
other Avengers present, and the Fantastic Four in destroying Onslaught by=
=20
sacrificing their lives.[43] Thanks to the intervention of the powerful=20
superhuman child Franklin Richards, the heroes do not die but are sent to a=
n=20
alternate Earth where they live out new versions of their lives. In this He=
roes=20
Reborn reality, Vision is a purely robotic android. Months after their appa=
rent=20
death, these heroes are able to return to their original Earth. Heroes Retu=
rn:=20
Avengers After returning home, the Avengers discuss reforming only to then =
wind=20
up in a battle with the sorceress Morgan Le Fay. The battle is won, but Vis=
ion=20
suffers injuries that take weeks to repair, forcing him again to communicat=
e by=20
hologram. During this time, Wanda repeatedly checks on Vision. Vision, stil=
l=20
afraid to hurt Wanda again, insists that although he has a true personality=
=20
again, he is still a different person than the one she married. Conflicted=
=20
about her feelings for Vision and his seemingly cold and harsh attitude tow=
ard=20
her, Wanda finds comforts with Wonder Man and later concludes she has had=
=20
feelings for him for some time but was still mourning her marriage. The two=
=20
begin a relationship.[44] Soon afterward, Vision's body is restored and he=
=20
rejoins as a fully active Avenger. Later on, Wanda realizes Vision lied abo=
ut=20
still thinking of himself as a new person and has regained the full emotion=
al=20
connections to his memories before he was dismantled, including their=20
relationship.[45] Sympathetic that Vision misses her, Wanda remains firm ab=
out=20
leaving their relationship in the past and continuing her romance with Simo=
n,=20
adding that a reunion may have been possible earlier if her former husband =
had=20
not chosen to lie and close himself off.[46] Later, she has a copy of her o=
wn=20
brain patterns made and gifts it to Vision, suggesting that one day if he=
=20
wishes he can create a friend or love interest who is similar to her and=20
understands him but is not an exact copy of her, just as he and Wonder Man =
are=20
similar but not exact copies of each other.[47] After a battle with Ultron,=
[48]=20
Vision admits he has been suffering from depression and insecurity. He once=
=20
believed his attraction to Wanda was his own experience, free of Simon's=20
influence and proof he was a person who could love. But Simon's attraction =
to=20
Wanda and their relationship seems to confirm, in his mind, that his androi=
d=20
personality only mimics what Wonder Man would do in the same situation. Won=
der=20
Man points out that Ultron recently confirmed Vision's brain patterns have=
=20
evolved into a unique pattern due to experiences and emotional changes Simo=
n=20
Williams never had. Wonder Man also admits Vision is the man he wished he c=
ould=20
be, a person who had his inclinations and basic emotions but none of the=20
memories of his many personal defeats and shames in life, someone free of=
=20
Simon's emotional baggage who is able to grow into a different, better pers=
on.=20
Touched by these words and Simon's view, Vision decides he needs space to=
=20
consider his situation. He takes a leave of absence from the Avengers,=20
eventually settling in Chicago where he lives as Victor Shade.[49] Weeks la=
ter,=20
Vision alerts the Avengers to a crime syndicate meeting. After the adventur=
e,=20
he rejoins the team, serving alongside Wanda (Wonder Man at this point had =
left=20
to pursue his own agenda). After checking Wanda will not be distressed by t=
he=20
situation, Vision asks out teammate Carol Danvers, and the two enjoy their=
=20
first date after several delays.[50] Further adventures prevent a second da=
te=20
and Carol indicated more than once that she believed things between Wanda a=
nd=20
Vision were not done, leading to the two deciding to enjoy each other's com=
pany=20
as friends. Around the same time, after a relationship of several months, S=
imon=20
Williams and Wanda Maximoff break up, realizing they have been drifting apa=
rt=20
for some time.[51] After a war against the time villain Kang, Victor runs i=
nto=20
Darby, a friend from Chicago who met him as "Victor Shade" and figured out =
his=20
identity. To his surprise, Darby shows romantic interest as well.[52] A=20
malfunction leads Vision to lose his memories. Led to the grave of Phineas =
T.=20
Horton, he meets a boy named Derek and a woman named Victoria Anderson, the=
=20
latter of whom is the granddaughter of Horton. Together, the three fight a=
=20
robot "brother" of Vision's called the Gremlin, a dangerous device created =
by=20
Horton science that can hack different systems. Vision's memory is restored=
 but=20
a side effect now means his robotic skeletal frame becomes visible when he=
=20
becomes intangible. Victoria Anderson tells Vision that they are family and=
 he=20
is grateful to make another familial connection.[19] Weeks afterward, Wanda=
 is=20
injured during an Avengers mission. Afterward, Carol presses Vision to acce=
pt=20
that he is worried about her and follow his desire to check on her=20
recovery.[53] After recovering, Wanda remarks her regret that friction rema=
ins=20
between her and Vision.[54] After another battle, Vision is cold to Wanda a=
gain=20
then apologizes and admits he has feelings for her and the two begin=20
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Initial screening Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was=
=20
released theatrically worldwide from December 16 to 18.[156] The film was=
=20
originally set for release on May 22, 2009, during filming[157] but was pus=
hed=20
back to allow more post-production time (the last shots were delivered in=
=20
November)[80] and give more time for theaters worldwide to install 3D=20
projectors.[158] Cameron stated that the film's aspect ratio would be 1.78:=
1=20
for 3D screenings and that a 2.39:1 image would be extracted for 2D=20
screenings.[159][160] However, a 3D 2.39:1 extract was approved for use wit=
h=20
constant-image-height screens (i.e., screens that increase in width to disp=
lay=20
2.39:1 films).[161] During a 3D preview showing in Germany on December 16, =
the=20
movie's DRM "protection" system malfunctioned, and some copies delivered=20
weren=E2=80=99t watched at all in the theaters. The problems were fixed in =
time for the=20
public premiere.[162] Avatar was released in a total of 3,457 theaters in t=
he=20
US, of which 2,032 theaters showed it in 3D. In total, 90% of all advance=
=20
ticket sales for Avatar were for 3D screenings.[163] Internationally, Avata=
r=20
opened on a total of 14,604 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 were=
=20
showing the film in 3D (producing 56% of the first weekend gross).[164][165=
]=20
The film was simultaneously presented in IMAX 3D format, opening in 178=20
theaters in the United States on December 18. The international IMAX releas=
e=20
included 58 theaters beginning on December 16, and 25 more theaters were to=
 be=20
added in the coming weeks.[166] The IMAX release was the company's widest t=
o=20
date, a total of 261 theaters worldwide. The previous IMAX record opening w=
as=20
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened in 161 IMAX theaters i=
n=20
the US, and about 70 international.[167] 20th Century Fox Korea adapted and=
=20
later released Avatar in 4D version, which included "moving seats, smells o=
f=20
explosives, sprinkling water, laser lights and wind".[20] Post-original rel=
ease=20
In July 2010, Cameron confirmed that there would be an extended theatrical=
=20
rerelease of the film on August 27, 2010, exclusively in 3D theaters and IM=
AX=20
3D.[168] Avatar: Special Edition includes an additional nine minutes of=20
footage, all of which is CG,[169] including an extension of the sex scene[1=
70]=20
and various other scenes that were cut from the original theatrical film.[1=
69]=20
This extended re-release resulted in the film's run time approaching the=20
then-current IMAX platter maximum of 170 minutes, thereby leaving less time=
 for=20
the end credits. Cameron stated that the nine minutes of added scenes cost =
more=20
than $1 million a minute to produce and finish.[171] During its 12-week=20
re-release, Avatar: Special Edition grossed an additional $10.74 million in=
=20
North America and $22.46 million overseas for a worldwide total of $33.2=20
million.[5] The film was later re-released in China in March 2021, allowing=
 it=20
to surpass Avengers: Endgame to become the highest-grossing film of all=20
time.[24] Avatar was re-released in theaters on September 23, 2022, by Walt=
=20
Disney Studios Motion Pictures for a limited two week engagement, with the =
film=20
being remastered in 4K high-dynamic range, with select scenes at a high fra=
me=20
rate of 48-frames-per-second.[172] The reissue was prior to the December 20=
22=20
premiere of its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.[173] Prior to this, Camer=
on=20
previously teased a re-release of the film back in 2017 when promoting the=
=20
Dolby Cinema re-release of Titanic, stating that there were plans in the wo=
rks=20
to remaster the film with Dolby Vision and re-release it in Dolby Cinema.


Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and=
=20
Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] T=
he=20
US release was not on a Tuesday as is the norm, but was done to coincide wi=
th=20
Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ray release does not contain any=20
supplemental features other than the theatrical film and the disc menu in f=
avor=20
of and to make space for optimal picture and sound. The release also preser=
ves=20
the film's native 1.78:1 (16:9) format as Cameron felt that was the best fo=
rmat=20
to watch the film.[178] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some=20
Blu-ray players might not support without a firmware update.[179][180] Avat=
ar=20
set a first-day launch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million=
=20
units sold, breaking the record previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000=
=20
units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined were over four millio=
n=20
units sold.[181] In its first four days of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-=
ray=20
reached 2.7 million in the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking Th=
e Dark=20
Knight to become the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][=
183]=20
The release later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following=20
week.[184] In its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19=
.7=20
million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in that=20
period.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled=
=20
over 10.5 million units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar reta=
ined=20
its record as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, =
when=20
it was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended=20
Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. T=
hree=20
different versions of the film are present on the discs: the original=20
theatrical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a=
=20
collector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across=
 two=20
discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collect=
or's=20
extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes=
=20
longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can sit do=
wn,=20
and in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with the Earth opening"=
. He=20
stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=81=842 minutes of scenes=
 that were=20
in the film for much of its production but were ultimately cut before the=
=20
film's theatrical release.[189] The release also includes an additional 45=
=20
minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initially stated t=
hat=20
Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but the studio issued =
a=20
correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3=
D=20
Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version woul=
d be=20
released some time in 2011.[185] It was later revealed that Fox had given=
=20
Panasonic an exclusive license for the 3D Blu-ray version and only with the=
=20
purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The length of Panasonic's exclusivity period =
is=20
stated to last until February 2012.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated th=
at=20
the standalone 3D Blu-ray would be the final version of the film's home rel=
ease=20
and that it was "maybe one, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Ava=
tar=20
had its 3D television world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2=
012,=20
Cameron announced on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Blu=
-ray=20
3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[1=
97]=20
Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 31=
9=20
reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensu=
s=20
reads, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of=
=20
storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for=20
imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assi=
gns a=20
weighted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based o=
n 35=20
critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaSco=
re=20
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c=20
surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicated that =
the=20
main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago=20
Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of fou=
r.=20
"Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977,"=
 he=20
said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship =
of=20
the Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and it "is=
 not=20
simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical=
=20
breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message".[201] A. O. Sco=
tt=20
of At The Movies also compared his viewing of the film to the first time he=
=20
viewed Star Wars and he said "although the script is a little bit ... obvio=
us,"=20
it was "part of what made it work".[202][203] Todd McCarthy of Variety prai=
sed=20
the film, saying "The King of the World sets his sights on creating another=
=20
world entirely in Avatar, and it's very much a place worth visiting."[204] =
Kirk=20
Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review. "The=
=20
screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack pops with more robust m=
usic=20
than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] P=
eter=20
Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star=
=20
rating and wrote in his print review "It extends the possibilities of what=
=20
movies can do. Cameron's talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Ric=
hard=20
Corliss of Time magazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and=20
convincing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving=
=20
pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has=
=20
"powerful" visual accomplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious=20
characterization".[208] James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film an=
d=20
its story, giving it four out of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersi=
ve =E2=80=93=20
but the traditional film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, them=
e, emotional=20
resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make e=
ven the 2-D=20
version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underly=
ing social=20
and political themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New York Pres=
s=20
wrote that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "misrepresent=
=20
facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Russell D. Mo=
ore=20
of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in the film" and st=
ated=20
"If you can get a theater full of people in Kentucky to stand and applaud t=
he=20
defeat of their country in war, then you've got some amazing special=20
effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more positive about the=
=20
film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century version of the=
=20
American colonists vs. the British, India vs. the Raj, or Latin America vs.=
=20
United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New York Times opined that the film=
 is=20
"Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [...] Hollywood's religion of choice=
 for=20
a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean called the f=
ilm=20
a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and=
=20
Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the contrary, commended the film's=
=20
message for its overall consistency with the teachings of Hinduism in the=
=20
Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avatar is another =
film=20
that has the recurring "fantasy about race" whereby "some white guy" become=
s=20
the "most awesome" member of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of =
the=20
Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[21=
8]=20
while Miranda Devine of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was]=20
impossible to watch Avatar without being banged over the head with the=20
director's ideological hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essenti=
al,=20
yet less visible social theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns=
=20
contemporary fascinations with virtual avatars and "the transition from the=
=20
world of reality to that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences ha=
ve=20
cited similarities with other films, literature or media, describing the=20
perceived connections in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright=
=20
plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dance=
s=20
with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as=
=20
being a "white savior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is impot=
ent=20
without the leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[222][223]=
=20
Parallels to the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957=
=20
novelette "Call Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit =
to=20
control an artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia=
=20
have noted that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe=
=20
novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on=
 a=20
forested world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the=
=20
Nave.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: The=
=20
Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's=
=20
Morning Edition has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with one=20
commentator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts=
 in=20
a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that m=
ost=20
closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for Wo=
rld=20
Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who=
=20
happily inhabit dense forests while living in harmony with nature until the=
y=20
are attacked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers who believe that th=
e=20
only good gook is a dead gook".[225] The science fiction writer and editor=
=20
Gardner Dozois said that along with the Anderson and Le Guin stories, the=
=20
"mash-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] Some sourc=
es=20
saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features fantastic ima=
ges=20
of dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued Camer=
on=20
and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his images. Dean sough=
t=20
damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The Hollywood=
=20
Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar idea theft cases.[236]=
=20
Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising=
 it=20
as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" a=
nd=20
others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class", and=20
"brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a=
=20
noted fan of the film.[237] On the other hand, Duncan Jones said: "It's not=
 in=20
my top three James Cameron films. ... [A]t what point in the film did you h=
ave=20
any doubt what was going to happen next?".[238] For French filmmaker Luc=20
Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an adaptation of the=
=20
graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that technologically suppo=
rts the=20
scope of its source material, with Besson even throwing his original script=
 in=20
the trash and redoing it after seeing the film.[239] TIME ranked Avatar num=
ber=20
3 in their list of "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[24=
0]=20
also earning it a spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN li=
sted=20
Avatar as number 22 on their list of the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time.=
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first two weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titan=
ic's=20
worldwide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office analysts.[=
294]=20
Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for surpassing=20
Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was considered the=
=20
first film with a genuine chance to do so, and its numbers being aided by=
=20
higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[294] did not fully explain its succe=
ss=20
to box office analysts. "Most films are considered to be healthy if they ma=
nage=20
anything less than a 50% drop from their first weekend to their second. Dip=
ping=20
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n,=20
president of box-office analysis for Hollywood.com. "This is just=20
unprecedented. I had to do a double take. I thought it was a=20
miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worldw=
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gross, but most were uncertain about it surpassing Titanic because "Today's=
=20
films flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released."[296]=
=20
Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances =
of=20
becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it =
was=20
too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He sai=
d,=20
"While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough, and the film is=
=20
unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 chea=
per=20
in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to =
"try=20
to topple Titanic off its perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord=
"=20
and there had been other good films in recent years.[297] He changed his=20
prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time,"=
 he=20
said.[298] You've got to compete head on with these other epic works of fan=
tasy=20
and fiction, the Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want=
 a=20
persistent alternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the deta=
il=20
that makes it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. =
Like=20
Pandora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts have=
=20
been unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one primary=
=20
factor, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is historic=
ally=20
"the dumping ground for the year's weakest films", and this also applied to=
=20
2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in December so =
that=20
it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Titanic capitaliz=
ed=20
on the same January predictability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[3=
00]=20
Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "=
At=20
this point, people who are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and=
=20
would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty=
=20
factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that shou=
ld=20
be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can ha=
ve=20
the same experience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at=20
BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and=20
international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned=20
overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 markets=20
globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such as Russia, wh=
ere=20
Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "mo=
re=20
screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D=
=20
accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2008 and more =
than=20
10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=
=93 an=20
average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=80=93 helped the film.[3=
00]=20
Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the film's success to 3D glasses =
but=20
also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". Not only do some theaters charge up=
 to=20
$18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz" created by the new technology was t=
he=20
possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no bas=
is=20
in previously established material makes its performance remarkable and eve=
n=20
more impressive. "The movie might be derivative of many movies in its story=
 and=20
themes," he said, "but it had no direct antecedent like the other top-gross=
ing=20
films: Titanic (historical events), the Star Wars movies (an established fi=
lm=20
franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell=20
..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a combined production=
 and=20
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mso-table-rspace: 0;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;"><td class=3D"pa=
d" style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; =
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size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Principal photography f=
or Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and Wellington. Cameron descri=
bed the film as a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in combination with =
computer-generated characters and live environments. "Ideally at the end of=
 the day the audience has no idea which they're looking at," Cameron said. =
The director indicated that he had already worked four months on nonprincip=
al scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot with a modified versio=
n of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, developed by Cameron=
 and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D filming fo=
r Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's strong opi=
nion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing less notic=
eable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60% computer-gener=
ated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional miniatures.[69] M=
otion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes Aircraft stage in Pl=
aya Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photography began in October =
2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was scheduled to last 31 day=
s.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[70] In prepara=
tion of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent professional tra=
ining specific to their characters such as archery, horseback riding, firea=
rm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and dialect trainin=
g in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before shooting the film,=
 Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical rainforests[73] to get=
 a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on the soundstage.[72] Dur=
ing filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera system, a new way of di=
recting motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the actors' virtual cou=
nterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing the director=
 to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. According to =
Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to fly through s=
pace, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a li=
ving miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventiona=
l techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-ca=
pture of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminis=
h the value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no n=
eed for repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up t=
ouch-ups, scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron desc=
ribed the system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tr=
ee or a mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete co=
ntrol over the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielber=
g and Peter Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said=
, "I like to think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Mot=
ion capture brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and =
directors only know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg an=
d George Lucas were also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with=
 the equipment.[77] To film the shots where CGI interacts with live action,=
 a unique camera referred to as a "simulcam" was used, a merger of the 3-D =
fusion camera and the virtual camera systems. While filming live action in =
real time with the simulcam, the CGI images captured with the virtual camer=
a or designed from scratch, are superimposed over the live action images as=
 in augmented reality and shown on a small monitor, making it possible for =
the director to instruct the actors how to relate to the virtual material i=
n the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's personal convictions about climate change=
, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food to be served on set. </div></div=
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v style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvet=
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margin: 0;">A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used duri=
ng production. According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed sinc=
e the 1990s to allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advanc=
ement to adequately portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director pl=
anned to make use of photorealistic computer-generated characters, created =
using new motion capture animation technologies he had been developing in t=
he 14 months leading up to December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new sys=
tem for lighting massive areas like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture =
stage or "volume" six times larger than any previously used, and an improve=
d method of capturing facial expressions, enabling full performance capture=
. To achieve the face capturing, actors wore individually made skull caps f=
itted with a tiny camera positioned in front of the actors' faces; the info=
rmation collected about their facial expressions and eyes is then transmitt=
ed to computers.[81] According to Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers=
 to transfer 100% of the actors' physical performances to their digital cou=
nterparts.[82] Besides the performance capture data which were transferred =
directly to the computers, numerous reference cameras gave the digital arti=
sts multiple angles of each performance.[83] A technically challenging scen=
e was near the end of the film when the computer-generated Neytiri held the=
 live action Jake in human form, and attention was given to the details of =
the shadows and reflected light between them.[84] The lead visual effects c=
ompany was Weta Digital in Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to=
 work on the film.[85] Because of the huge amount of data which needed to b=
e stored, cataloged and available for everybody involved, even on the other=
 side of the world, a new cloud computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM=
) system named Gaia was created by Microsoft especially for Avatar, which a=
llowed the crews to keep track of and coordinate all stages in the digital =
processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server =
farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packard servers with 35,000 processor core=
s with 104 terabytes of RAM and three petabytes of network area storage run=
ning Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager, and 2 of the animation soft=
ware and managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar's Alfred queue management sy=
stem.[87][88][89][90] The render farm occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in =
the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. A new texturin=
g and paint software system, called Mari, was developed by The Foundry in c=
ooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creating the Na'vi characters and the virtual=
 world of Pandora required over a petabyte of digital storage,[93] and each=
 minute of the final footage for Avatar occupies 17.28 gigabytes of storage=
.[94] It would often take the computer several hours to render a single fra=
me of the film.[95] To help finish preparing the special effects sequences =
on time, a number of other companies were brought on board, including Indus=
trial Light & Magic, which worked alongside Weta Digital to create the batt=
le sequences. ILM was responsible for the visual effects for many of the fi=
lm's specialized vehicles and devised a new way to make CGI explosions.[96]=
 Joe Letteri was the film's visual effects general supervisor.[97] Music an=
d soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture James Horn=
er =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:32 listen to a clip from the =
score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? See media help. =
Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration with Cameron=
 after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score with a sm=
all chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also w=
orked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture fo=
r the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take plac=
e in early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he wo=
uld not work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked o=
n the score from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the proc=
ess. He stated in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I =
have worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed=
 the score as two different scores merged into one. He first created a scor=
e that reflected the Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separat=
e "traditional" score to drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was=
 chosen to sing the theme song for the film, called "I See You". An accompa=
nying music video, directed by Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on M=
ySpace. </div></div></td></tr></table><table class=3D"text_block block-2" w=
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 0;">Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in =
the context of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspira=
tion was "every single science fiction book I read as a kid" and that he wa=
nted to update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] H=
e acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fiel=
ds of the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature cl=
ashes between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, wher=
e a battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fi=
ghting against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such a=
s Princess Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 20=
12, Cameron filed a 45-page legal declaration that intended to "describe in=
 great detail the genesis of the ideas, themes, storylines, and images that=
 came to be Avatar."[107] In addition to historical events (such as Europea=
n colonization of the Americas), his life experiences and several of his un=
produced projects, Cameron drew connections between Avatar and his previous=
 films. He cited his script and concept art for Xenogenesis, partially prod=
uced as a short film, as being the basis for many of the ideas and visual d=
esigns in Avatar. He stated that Avatar's "concepts of a world mind, intell=
igence within nature, the idea of projecting force or consciousness using a=
n avatar, colonization of alien planets, greedy corporate interests backed =
up by military force, the story of a seemingly weaker group prevailing over=
 a technologically superior force, and the good scientist were all establis=
hed and recurrent themes" from his earlier films including Aliens, The Abys=
s, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Da=
y. He specifically mentioned the "water tentacle" in The Abyss as an exampl=
e of an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of...an alien life form...in=
 order to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108] Cameron also cited=
 a number of works by other creators as "reference points and sources of in=
spiration" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite" films, 2001: A S=
pace Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution after meeting alien li=
fe, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounters and immerses in=
to a foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group to fight other ou=
tsiders." Cameron said he became familiar with the concept of a human opera=
ting a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from George Henry Smith's sh=
ort story "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the S=
tars. He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk nove=
ls Neuromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. =
The idea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem=
. Cameron mentioned several other films about people interacting with "indi=
genous cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with Wolves, The Man Wh=
o Would Be King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle =
Book and FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan=
 stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stories by Rudyard Kip=
ling and H. Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cam=
eron was asked about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "=
It's an incarnation of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this f=
ilm what that means is that the human technology in the future is capable o=
f injecting a human's intelligence into a remotely located body, a biologic=
al body."[10] Cameron also cited the Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Gho=
st in the Shell, in terms of how humans can remotely control, and transfer =
their personalities into, alien bodies.[109][110] For the love story betwee=
n characters Jake and Neytiri, Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, w=
hich he said was in the tradition of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged=
 its similarity to the pairing of Jack and Rose from his film Titanic. An i=
nterviewer stated, "Both couples come from radically different cultures tha=
t are contemptuous of their relationship and are forced to choose sides bet=
ween the competing communities."[113] Cameron described Neytiri as his "Poc=
ahontas," saying that his plotline followed the historical story of a "whit=
e outsider [who] falls in love with the chief's daughter, who becomes his g=
uide to the tribe and to their special bond with nature."[108] Cameron felt=
 that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love story would be perceived as =
believable partially hinged on the physical attractiveness of Neytiri's ali=
en appearance, which was developed by considering her appeal to the all-mal=
e crew of artists.[114] Although Cameron felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall =
in love right away, their portrayers (Worthington and Saldana) felt the cha=
racters did. Cameron said the two actors "had a great chemistry" during fil=
ming.[113] A gray mountain in the middle of a forest. Pandora's floating "H=
allelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by the Chinese Huangshan mountai=
ns (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Park For the film's floatin=
g "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspiration from "many differe=
nt types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone formations in China."=
[116] According to production designer Dylan Cole, the fictional floating r=
ocks were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow Mountain), Guilin, Zh=
angjiajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron had noted the influe=
nce of the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating mountains.[117] To c=
reate the interiors of the human mining colony on Pandora, production desig=
ners visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform in the Gulf of Mex=
ico during June 2007. They photographed, measured and filmed every aspect o=
f the platform, which was later replicated on-screen with photorealistic CG=
I during post-production. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody><=
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eased exclusive images from the film in its October issue.[125] Cameron, pr=
oducer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appeared=
 at a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on J=
uly 23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] =
Weaver and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speak=
ing on the 23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. James Cameron announc=
ed at the Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On th=
is day, the trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official ga=
me trailer and toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day.[131] Th=
e 129-second trailer was released online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 2=
10-second trailer was premiered in theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon =
after premiered online on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[=
133][134] An extended version in IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive r=
eviews.[132] The Hollywood Reporter said that audience expectations were co=
lored by "the [same] establishment skepticism that preceded Titanic" and su=
ggested the showing reflected the desire for original storytelling.[135] Th=
e teaser has been among the most viewed trailers in the history of film mar=
keting, reaching the first place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4=
 million views.[136] On October 30, to celebrate the opening of the first 3=
-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowed Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 mi=
nutes of Avatar to a number of press.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trai=
ler of the film premiered live on November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys=
 football game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Visio=
n screen, one of the world's largest video displays, and to TV audiences vi=
ewing the game on Fox. It is said to be the largest live motion picture tra=
iler viewing in history.[138] The Coca-Cola Company collaborated with Fox t=
o launch a worldwide marketing campaign to promote the film. The highlight =
of the campaign was the website AVTR.com. Specially marked bottles and cans=
 of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of a webcam, enabled users to intera=
ct with the website's 3-D features using augmented reality (AR) technology.=
[139] The film was heavily promoted in an episode of the Fox series Bones i=
n the episode "The Gamer In The Grease" (Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star =
Joel David Moore has a recurring role on the program, and is seen in the ep=
isode anxiously awaiting the release of the film.[140] A week prior to the =
American release, Zoe Saldana promoted the film on Adult Swim when she was =
interviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141] McDonald's had a promotion men=
tioned in television commercials in Europe called "Avatarize yourself", whi=
ch encouraged people to go to the website set up by Oddcast, and use a phot=
ograph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Books Avatar: A Confident=
ial Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, a 224-page book=
 in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional setting of the planet=
 of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24, 2009.[143=
] It is presented as a compilation of data collected by the humans about Pa=
ndora and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathison. Harpe=
rFestival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The Reusa=
ble Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was released on November=
 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed production artwork f=
rom the film, including production sketches, illustrations by Lisa Fitzpatr=
ick, and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the foreword, Cameron wrote=
 the epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In Octobe=
r 2010, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, a 272-page book th=
at detailed the film's production process and contains over 500 color photo=
graphs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Cameron said that he pl=
anned to write a novel version of Avatar after the film was released.[147] =
In February 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron plans a prequel n=
ovel for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story of the movie, but i=
t would go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have t=
ime to deal with", saying that "Jim wants to write a novel that is a big, e=
pic story that fills in a lot of things".[148] In August 2013 it was announ=
ced that Cameron hired Steven Gould to pen four standalone novels to expand=
 the Avatar universe.[149] ance Post released a special limited edition sta=
mp based on Avatar, coinciding with the film's worldwide release. </div></d=
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Years later, the couple starred in their first limited series called The Vi=
sion and the Scarlet Witch #1=E2=80=934 (Nov. 1982 =E2=80=93 Feb. 1983), by=
 writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Rick Leonardi. The mini-series showed Vis=
ion and Wanda moving into a house in Leonia, New Jersey, hoping to strength=
en their marriage by enjoying a life and experiences outside of the Avenger=
s. This was followed by a second limited series that lasted 12 issues (Oct.=
 1985 =E2=80=93 Sept. 1986), written by Steve Englehart and penciled by Ric=
hard Howell. Despite their previous home being burned down by people who co=
nsider the marriage of an android and a mutant to be unnatural, Vision and =
Wanda move back to Leonia and again attempt to live a suburban life outside=
 of their duties as superheroes. The series cemented that the Vision and Si=
mon Williams (Wonder Man) now regarded each other as twin brothers, since p=
art of Vision's programming was based on the brainwave pattern of Simon. Ea=
rly in the series, the Scarlet Witch is a colony of sorcerers during a dead=
ly, magical ritual. The Scarlet Witch temporarily taps into this powerful m=
agical energy and is able to grant herself a wish for a family. She becomes=
 pregnant and nine months later gives birth to twin boys, Thomas and Willia=
m ("Billy"). Englehart later took over as writer for the Avengers spin-off =
series West Coast Avengers, featuring a new branch of the team that was bas=
ed in Los Angeles. Having grown fond of Vision and Wanda, he added them to =
the Avengers West team. Later on, John Byrne took over as writer/penciller =
for West Coast Avengers (which would soon be retitled Avengers West Coast).=
 Byrne believed it was a mistake to give an android character emotions and =
to give him and Wanda a family. His "Vision Quest" story in West Coast Aven=
gers #42=E2=80=9345 (March =E2=80=93 June 1989) had the Vision dismantled, =
his human brain patterns wiped out, and his artificial skin rendered chalk-=
white (modern printing techniques and paper meant it was now more feasible =
to give a character chalk-white skin or costumes). Rather than portray the =
Vision as a synthetic man, Byrne depicted his parts as purely robotic and h=
is skin as a costume-like shell. Journalist Karen Walker later commented, "=
This image alone has probably done more to shape how future writers (and re=
aders) perceive the character than anything before or since. Once seen brok=
en down into component parts, it's hard to truly move past that image and t=
hink of Vision as a synthetic man, not a machine."[4] Vision's memories wer=
e restored but not his emotions. As such, he could no longer reciprocate Wa=
nda's feelings or even express love for his children, which led to the annu=
lment of their marriage. Byrne then went further, undoing the Vision's orig=
in by revealing he was not the original Torch. The same issue depicted the =
original Human Torch being reactivated and meeting the Vision face to face.=
 Following this, Byrne revealed that the children of Vision and Wanda were =
not real, explaining that Scarlet Witch had suffered a "hysterical pregnanc=
y" and her temporarily increased power had projected this desire for childr=
en into creating imaginary constructs. The children were then wiped from ex=
istence. Further trauma led to Wanda becoming catatonic soon afterward. Rat=
her than nurse his wife, Vision left Avengers West, concluding he could not=
 help Wanda further and his presence would be more useful as a member of th=
e NYC based team. Byrne also had Vision refuse an offer by Wonder Man to re=
store human brain patterns to his mind, possibly restoring his capacity for=
 emotions in the process. In Avengers Spotlight #40 (1991), Vision realized=
 a human brainwave pattern was necessary for his operation and gained one b=
ased on deceased research scientist Alex Lipton. This restored some of Visi=
on's for emotion and empathy. The same story featured Vision gaining a pers=
onal holographic projector so he could assume the guise of an average perso=
n and mingle with humanity more to learn a greater understanding of people.=
 This identity was called "Victor Shade." Marvel later decided to restore t=
he Vision's original red-skinned appearance. To do this, an emotional and v=
illainous Vision from a parallel timeline was introduced as member of the G=
atherers, a new group of enemies to the Avengers. This alternate Vision (so=
metimes called Anti-Vision) infiltrated the Avengers team by exchanging his=
 mind with the heroic Vision.[10] After another battle with the Gatherers, =
the Anti-Vision escaped, still housed in the chalk-white body. The heroic V=
ision returned to the Avengers, now once again with red-colored skin.[11] T=
his occurred in The Avengers #360-363, by writer Bob Harras and artists Ste=
ve Epting and Tom Palmer. In late 1994, writer Bob Harras and penciller Man=
ny Clark produced the first Vision limited series, lasting 4 issues.[12] Th=
e series featured Vision suffering a mental breakdown, as his original pers=
onality (based on the brainwaves of Wonder Man) began to emerge and clash w=
ith the Adam Lipton emotions. After fighting the Anti-Vision again, Vision =
found mental and emotional balance again, now with full emotional capacity =
restored. Later on, he revealed that this also meant he had regained the em=
otions tied to his memories from before being dismantled, including his fee=
lings for Wanda. A four-issue series, Avengers Icons: The Vision, was publi=
shed in late 2002, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis. The mi=
ni-series featured Vision meeting people related to Phineas T. Horton, the =
original Human Torch's creator. Vision considered these people to now be hi=
s family. The story arc Avengers Disassembled featured the Vision being des=
troyed. The story included an explanation that he was damaged beyond repair=
. Soon afterward, the original Young Avengers series introduced a new Visio=
n, whose personality was created by a combination of the synthezoid Vision'=
s programming and mental engrams of the hero Iron Lad. It is later revealed=
 that the Young Avengers members Wiccan and Speed are teenage reincarnation=
s of Wanda and Vision's children Billy and Thomas, indicating they might ha=
ve been real all along. The original android Vision is fully rebuilt and re=
stored in The Avengers vol. 4 #19 in 2012 and once again becomes a regular =
star of the series. After the series is cancelled in 2013, Vision becomes t=
he star of the series Avengers A.I. where he joins a team of fellow synthet=
ic and cybernetically enhanced beings, including the cyborg Victor Mancha, =
another "son" of Ultron. Vision again appeared in a new 12-issues Vision se=
ries published from November 2015 to October 2016. The series featured him =
creating an android wife and two android children in another attempt to liv=
e a happy, family life in the suburbs. This attempt largely ends in failure=
. A later encounter with the Hulk leads to the Vision's destruction again i=
n Avengers #685. He is later rebuilt but his core remains damaged, meaning =
he will eventually die. In Champions vol. 2 #22, Vision concludes life is m=
eant to be finite. Later, Vision is fully healed due to the energies of the=
 House of Ideas in Avengers No Road Home #9-10. Fictional character biograp=
hy Debut of the Silver Age Vision: The Avengers #57 (Oct. 1968). Cover penc=
ils by John Buscema.[13] Founding member of the Avengers and scientist/adve=
nturer Hank Pym (also known by the code names Ant-Man, Giant-Man, and Golia=
th) decides to experiment with creating artificial intelligence, using a co=
mbination of computer programming and recordings of human brainwave pattern=
s. Hank's hope is to create a robot who does not just simulate emotions but=
 can truly feel and achieve emotional growth. His work results in the creat=
ion of a robot called Ultron who immediately turns on him and escapes. Ultr=
on then upgrades himself repeatedly, finally creating a formidable robotic =
form which can allow him to do battle. Hating his father and wishing to dom=
inate Earth, Ultron makes attacks against the Avengers, both on his own and=
 through the use of agents such as the Masters of Evil team. Ultron's first=
 ally is Eric Williams, the Grim Reaper, a villain who hates the Avengers b=
ecause he blames them for the death of his brother Simon Williams, the ioni=
cally empowered hero Wonder Man (Eric and the Avengers were unaware at the =
time that Wonder Man was alive and only in a coma-like state).[14] Inspired=
 by how strongly Eric is motivated by his connection to his brother, Ultron=
 decides he wants family too.[15] To create an android "son", Ultron first =
tracks down the body of the original android Human Torch, a Golden Age hero=
 and android described by his creator Phineas T. Horton as a "synthetic man=
", being replica of an adult human male with synthetic organs, blood, tissu=
e, muscle, and skeleton. Unknown to the living robot, the time villain call=
ed Immortus uses his powers to duplicate the original Torch moments before =
Ultron's arrival, creating twin copies. While Ultron takes one deactivated =
Human Torch back to his lab, the other deactivated Human Torch remains behi=
nd, waiting to be reactivated. Immortus did this as part of larger plans he=
 had to manipulate the Avengers.[16] In his lab, Ultron adds robotic techno=
logy of his own design to his copy of the android Torch, creating a new art=
ificial life form with a physical appearance and abilities different from t=
he original Torch. Primarily, this android is able to absorb and expel sola=
r radiation and control his density. Ultron then copies Pym's method of rep=
licating human brainwaves and, in recognition of his being inspired by the =
Grim Reaper, bases his creation's personality program on the brainwave patt=
erns of Wonder Man.[15] When the android is brought online, he knows Ultron=
 to be his creator but does not know about his connection to the android he=
ro the Human Torch. Ultron does not give his son a name.[2] Ultron sends hi=
s son to Avengers Mansion. Wasp witnesses the android float through the man=
sion and is startled, describing the intruder as a ghostly "vision." After =
battling and studying the Avengers, the android concludes they are good peo=
ple whereas Ultron is corrupt. Taking the name Vision, the android aids the=
 Avengers and turns against Ultron.[2] The Avengers learn how Ultron create=
d him and that he is arguably alive, his programming based on mimicking a h=
uman mind. Due to his mixture of robotics and synthetic organs, Hank Pym la=
ter remarks it would be more accurate to call Vision a "synthezoid." Seeing=
 him as a person, and because of the team's past successes with recruiting =
former villains and criminals wishing to atone for past actions, the Avenge=
rs welcome the android to the team. Overwhelmed by this act of acceptance f=
rom the group, Vision immediately excuses himself and weeps.[17] An alterna=
te account of the Vision's origin includes Wasp explaining that starting a =
new life and finding a new identity can involve imagining "a vision" of the=
 person you aspire to be and then trying to reach it. Affected by these wor=
ds, this becomes why the android chooses his name.[18] Yet another account =
suggests that the name came from a memory of Horton's prototype, a robot he=
 created before perfecting the original Human Torch. This prototype had bee=
n nicknamed "the vision of tomorrow."[19] While he is with the Avengers, Vi=
sion proves a valuable member and a loyal teammate. The villain Grim Reaper=
 takes an interest in Vision, at first seeing him as his own brother Simon =
now resurrected. When the Reaper offers to transfer the Vision's mind into =
the human body of Captain America, making him truly human, Vision plays alo=
ng to defeat him later. After multiple encounters, the Grim Reaper grows a =
hatred for Vision, seeing him as a mockery of his dead brother Wonder Man. =
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e wishes a purpose in life beyond the Avengers. He seeks out help from scie=
ntist Miles Lipton, an expert in artificial intelligence and philosophies r=
egarding consciousness. Lipton upgrades Vision with a holographic projector=
 so he can disguise himself as a human, "Victor Shade", and mingle with hum=
anity to learn more about them. When Vision continues to show mental stress=
, Lipton learns the android's mind requires a replicated human brain patter=
n for his operating system to properly function. Miles Lipton uploads a pro=
gram based on the brain patterns and memory recordings of his deceased son,=
 scientist Alex Lipton. As a result, Vision's mental strain is alleviated a=
nd he regains some understanding of emotion, as well as a greater capacity =
for empathy.[41] The Avengers fight a group of enemies called the Gatherers=
, one of whom is an overtly emotional and corrupt Vision who still has red-=
colored skin and is native to a parallel Earth. This other Vision (later ca=
lled "Anti-Vision") infiltrates the Avengers by exchanging minds with the h=
eroic Vision.[10] While the Anti-Vision operates with the Avengers, now hou=
sed in the chalk-white body, the heroic Vision awakens in a red-skinned bod=
y identical to his original form, now a prisoner of the Gatherers. Eventual=
ly, he is freed but Anti-Vision escapes before they can exchange minds agai=
n.[11] Soon after having his original appearance restored, Vision experienc=
es nightmares and then suffers a temporary break from reality, convincing h=
imself he is a 1930s movie style private detective named Simon Williams. He=
 realizes Ultron's design included a back-up of Wonder Man's brain patterns=
, a back-up which is now activating and clashing with those of Alex Lipton.=
 After defeating the Anti-Vision, who was responsible for his nightmares, V=
ision is able to reassert his identity and the different aspects of his min=
d merge, restoring his original personality. Vision takes a leave of absenc=
e from the Avengers to properly adjust.[12] Returning to the Avengers team =
later, he approaches Wanda, who realizes that he his capacity for emotions =
has been restored. When Vision broaches the subject, Wanda becomes guarded =
and tells him that their relationship is in the past.[42] Vision decides no=
t to explain to her he has also regained the emotions tied to his memories =
from before he was dismantled, deciding he has hurt Wanda enough. When Wand=
a later officially rejoins the main Avengers team, the two are tense around=
 each other but Pietro Maximoff, having also returned and now regretful of =
his treatment of Vision in the past, attempts to reconnect them as friends.=
 Vision is present when the Fantastic Four and the Avengers attempt to stop=
 the powerful villain Onslaught. During the battle, he is seriously injured=
 and instinctively asks for Wanda, hoping she will comfort him. Soon afterw=
ard, Vision joins Wanda, the other Avengers present, and the Fantastic Four=
 in destroying Onslaught by sacrificing their lives.[43] Thanks to the inte=
rvention of the powerful superhuman child Franklin Richards, the heroes do =
not die but are sent to an alternate Earth where they live out new versions=
 of their lives. In this Heroes Reborn reality, Vision is a purely robotic =
android. Months after their apparent death, these heroes are able to return=
 to their original Earth. Heroes Return: Avengers After returning home, the=
 Avengers discuss reforming only to then wind up in a battle with the sorce=
ress Morgan Le Fay. The battle is won, but Vision suffers injuries that tak=
e weeks to repair, forcing him again to communicate by hologram. During thi=
s time, Wanda repeatedly checks on Vision. Vision, still afraid to hurt Wan=
da again, insists that although he has a true personality again, he is stil=
l a different person than the one she married. Conflicted about her feeling=
s for Vision and his seemingly cold and harsh attitude toward her, Wanda fi=
nds comforts with Wonder Man and later concludes she has had feelings for h=
im for some time but was still mourning her marriage. The two begin a relat=
ionship.[44] Soon afterward, Vision's body is restored and he rejoins as a =
fully active Avenger. Later on, Wanda realizes Vision lied about still thin=
king of himself as a new person and has regained the full emotional connect=
ions to his memories before he was dismantled, including their relationship=
.[45] Sympathetic that Vision misses her, Wanda remains firm about leaving =
their relationship in the past and continuing her romance with Simon, addin=
g that a reunion may have been possible earlier if her former husband had n=
ot chosen to lie and close himself off.[46] Later, she has a copy of her ow=
n brain patterns made and gifts it to Vision, suggesting that one day if he=
 wishes he can create a friend or love interest who is similar to her and u=
nderstands him but is not an exact copy of her, just as he and Wonder Man a=
re similar but not exact copies of each other.[47] After a battle with Ultr=
on,[48] Vision admits he has been suffering from depression and insecurity.=
 He once believed his attraction to Wanda was his own experience, free of S=
imon's influence and proof he was a person who could love. But Simon's attr=
action to Wanda and their relationship seems to confirm, in his mind, that =
his android personality only mimics what Wonder Man would do in the same si=
tuation. Wonder Man points out that Ultron recently confirmed Vision's brai=
n patterns have evolved into a unique pattern due to experiences and emotio=
nal changes Simon Williams never had. Wonder Man also admits Vision is the =
man he wished he could be, a person who had his inclinations and basic emot=
ions but none of the memories of his many personal defeats and shames in li=
fe, someone free of Simon's emotional baggage who is able to grow into a di=
fferent, better person. Touched by these words and Simon's view, Vision dec=
ides he needs space to consider his situation. He takes a leave of absence =
from the Avengers, eventually settling in Chicago where he lives as Victor =
Shade.[49] Weeks later, Vision alerts the Avengers to a crime syndicate mee=
ting. After the adventure, he rejoins the team, serving alongside Wanda (Wo=
nder Man at this point had left to pursue his own agenda). After checking W=
anda will not be distressed by the situation, Vision asks out teammate Caro=
l Danvers, and the two enjoy their first date after several delays.[50] Fur=
ther adventures prevent a second date and Carol indicated more than once th=
at she believed things between Wanda and Vision were not done, leading to t=
he two deciding to enjoy each other's company as friends. Around the same t=
ime, after a relationship of several months, Simon Williams and Wanda Maxim=
off break up, realizing they have been drifting apart for some time.[51] Af=
ter a war against the time villain Kang, Victor runs into Darby, a friend f=
rom Chicago who met him as "Victor Shade" and figured out his identity. To =
his surprise, Darby shows romantic interest as well.[52] A malfunction lead=
s Vision to lose his memories. Led to the grave of Phineas T. Horton, he me=
ets a boy named Derek and a woman named Victoria Anderson, the latter of wh=
om is the granddaughter of Horton. Together, the three fight a robot "broth=
er" of Vision's called the Gremlin, a dangerous device created by Horton sc=
ience that can hack different systems. Vision's memory is restored but a si=
de effect now means his robotic skeletal frame becomes visible when he beco=
mes intangible. Victoria Anderson tells Vision that they are family and he =
is grateful to make another familial connection.[19] Weeks afterward, Wanda=
 is injured during an Avengers mission. Afterward, Carol presses Vision to =
accept that he is worried about her and follow his desire to check on her r=
ecovery.[53] After recovering, Wanda remarks her regret that friction remai=
ns between her and Vision.[54] After another battle, Vision is cold to Wand=
a again then apologizes and admits he has feelings for her and the two begi=
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ble></div></td></tr></table><table class=3D"html_block block-3" width=3D"10=
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0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Initial screening Avatar premiered in London=
 on December 10, 2009, and was released theatrically worldwide from Decembe=
r 16 to 18.[156] The film was originally set for release on May 22, 2009, d=
uring filming[157] but was pushed back to allow more post-production time (=
the last shots were delivered in November)[80] and give more time for theat=
ers worldwide to install 3D projectors.[158] Cameron stated that the film's=
 aspect ratio would be 1.78:1 for 3D screenings and that a 2.39:1 image wou=
ld be extracted for 2D screenings.[159][160] However, a 3D 2.39:1 extract w=
as approved for use with constant-image-height screens (i.e., screens that =
increase in width to display 2.39:1 films).[161] During a 3D preview showin=
g in Germany on December 16, the movie's DRM "protection" system malfunctio=
ned, and some copies delivered weren=E2=80=99t watched at all in the theate=
rs. The problems were fixed in time for the public premiere.[162] Avatar wa=
s released in a total of 3,457 theaters in the US, of which 2,032 theaters =
showed it in 3D. In total, 90% of all advance ticket sales for Avatar were =
for 3D screenings.[163] Internationally, Avatar opened on a total of 14,604=
 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 were showing the film in 3D (pr=
oducing 56% of the first weekend gross).[164][165] The film was simultaneou=
sly presented in IMAX 3D format, opening in 178 theaters in the United Stat=
es on December 18. The international IMAX release included 58 theaters begi=
nning on December 16, and 25 more theaters were to be added in the coming w=
eeks.[166] The IMAX release was the company's widest to date, a total of 26=
1 theaters worldwide. The previous IMAX record opening was Harry Potter and=
 the Half-Blood Prince, which opened in 161 IMAX theaters in the US, and ab=
out 70 international.[167] 20th Century Fox Korea adapted and later release=
d Avatar in 4D version, which included "moving seats, smells of explosives,=
 sprinkling water, laser lights and wind".[20] Post-original release In Jul=
y 2010, Cameron confirmed that there would be an extended theatrical rerele=
ase of the film on August 27, 2010, exclusively in 3D theaters and IMAX 3D.=
[168] Avatar: Special Edition includes an additional nine minutes of footag=
e, all of which is CG,[169] including an extension of the sex scene[170] an=
d various other scenes that were cut from the original theatrical film.[169=
] This extended re-release resulted in the film's run time approaching the =
then-current IMAX platter maximum of 170 minutes, thereby leaving less time=
 for the end credits. Cameron stated that the nine minutes of added scenes =
cost more than $1 million a minute to produce and finish.[171] During its 1=
2-week re-release, Avatar: Special Edition grossed an additional $10.74 mil=
lion in North America and $22.46 million overseas for a worldwide total of =
$33.2 million.[5] The film was later re-released in China in March 2021, al=
lowing it to surpass Avengers: Endgame to become the highest-grossing film =
of all time.[24] Avatar was re-released in theaters on September 23, 2022, =
by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures for a limited two week engagement, w=
ith the film being remastered in 4K high-dynamic range, with select scenes =
at a high frame rate of 48-frames-per-second.[172] The reissue was prior to=
 the December 2022 premiere of its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.[173] P=
rior to this, Cameron previously teased a re-release of the film back in 20=
17 when promoting the Dolby Cinema re-release of Titanic, stating that ther=
e were plans in the works to remaster the film with Dolby Vision and re-rel=
ease it in Dolby Cinema. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></=
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hidden; mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height:=
 0; margin: 0;">Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the=
 film on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on=
 April 26.[176] The US release was not on a Tuesday as is the norm, but was=
 done to coincide with Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ray release do=
es not contain any supplemental features other than the theatrical film and=
 the disc menu in favor of and to make space for optimal picture and sound.=
 The release also preserves the film's native 1.78:1 (16:9) format as Camer=
on felt that was the best format to watch the film.[178] The Blu-ray disc c=
ontains DRM (BD+ 5) which some Blu-ray players might not support without a =
firmware update.[179][180] Avatar set a first-day launch record in the U.S.=
 for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million units sold, breaking the record previousl=
y held by The Dark Knight (600,000 units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray s=
ales combined were over four million units sold.[181] In its first four day=
s of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-ray reached 2.7 million in the United =
States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking The Dark Knight to become the best e=
ver selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][183] The release later brok=
e the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following week.[184] In its first =
three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19.7 million DVD and Blu-r=
ay discs combined, a new record for sales in that period.[185] As of July 1=
8, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled over 10.5 million units =
sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar retained its record as the t=
op-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, when it was surpass=
ed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended Collector's Edit=
ion on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. Three different v=
ersions of the film are present on the discs: the original theatrical cut (=
162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a collector's exte=
nded cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across two discs, whil=
e the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collector's extend=
ed cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes longer=
 than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can sit down, an=
d in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with the Earth opening". =
He stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=81=842 minutes of sce=
nes that were in the film for much of its production but were ultimately cu=
t before the film's theatrical release.[189] The release also includes an a=
dditional 45 minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initi=
ally stated that Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but t=
he studio issued a correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar w=
ill not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fox stated tha=
t the 3D version would be released some time in 2011.[185] It was later rev=
ealed that Fox had given Panasonic an exclusive license for the 3D Blu-ray =
version and only with the purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The length of Panas=
onic's exclusivity period is stated to last until February 2012.[191] On Oc=
tober 2010, Cameron stated that the standalone 3D Blu-ray would be the fina=
l version of the film's home release and that it was "maybe one, two years =
out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Avatar had its 3D television world premie=
re on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2012, Cameron announced on Facebook=
 that Avatar would be released globally on Blu-ray 3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D =
version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[197] Reception Critical r=
esponse On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 319 reviews are positi=
ve, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "It might=
 be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, b=
ut Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbin=
g filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assigns a weighted mean s=
core =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 35 critics, i=
ndicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave th=
e film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demographic surve=
yed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicated that the m=
ain draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun=
-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of four. =
"Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977,"=
 he said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellows=
hip of the Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and=
 it "is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a=
 technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message".[201=
] A. O. Scott of At The Movies also compared his viewing of the film to the=
 first time he viewed Star Wars and he said "although the script is a littl=
e bit ... obvious," it was "part of what made it work".[202][203] Todd McCa=
rthy of Variety praised the film, saying "The King of the World sets his si=
ghts on creating another world entirely in Avatar, and it's very much a pla=
ce worth visiting."[204] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the =
film a positive review. "The screen is alive with more action and the sound=
track pops with more robust music than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you c=
are to mention," he stated.[205] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Ava=
tar a three-and-a-half out of four star rating and wrote in his print revie=
w "It extends the possibilities of what movies can do. Cameron's talent may=
 just be as big as his dreams."[206] Richard Corliss of Time magazine thoug=
ht that the film was "the most vivid and convincing creation of a fantasy w=
orld ever seen in the history of moving pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of th=
e Los Angeles Times thought the film has "powerful" visual accomplishments =
but "flat dialogue" and "obvious characterization".[208] James Berardinelli=
 of ReelViews praised the film and its story, giving it four out of four st=
ars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersive =E2=80=93 but the traditional film el=
ements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, theme, emotional resonance, etc=
. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make even the 2-D ve=
rsion an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underlyin=
g social and political themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New =
York Press wrote that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "mis=
represent facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Rus=
sell D. Moore of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in th=
e film" and stated "If you can get a theater full of people in Kentucky to =
stand and applaud the defeat of their country in war, then you've got some =
amazing special effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more po=
sitive about the film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century=
 version of the American colonists vs. the British, India vs. the Raj, or L=
atin America vs. United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New York Times opi=
ned that the film is "Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [...] Hollywood=
's religion of choice for a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of T=
he Tennessean called the film a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spir=
ituality in general",[215] and Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the =
contrary, commended the film's message for its overall consistency with the=
 teachings of Hinduism in the Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 con=
cluded that Avatar is another film that has the recurring "fantasy about ra=
ce" whereby "some white guy" becomes the "most awesome" member of a non-whi=
te culture.[217] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the=
 season's ideological Rorschach blot",[218] while Miranda Devine of The Syd=
ney Morning Herald thought that "It [was] impossible to watch Avatar withou=
t being banged over the head with the director's ideological hammer."[219] =
Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essential, yet less visible social theme tha=
t contributed to Avatar's success concerns contemporary fascinations with v=
irtual avatars and "the transition from the world of reality to that of vir=
tual reality".[220] Critics and audiences have cited similarities with othe=
r films, literature or media, describing the perceived connections in ways =
ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Bost=
on Globe called it "the same movie" as Dances with Wolves.[221] Like Dances=
 with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as being a "white savior" movie=
, in which a "backwards" native people is impotent without the leadership o=
f a member of the invading white culture.[222][223] Parallels to the concep=
t and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957 novelette "Call Me Joe",=
 in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit to control an artificial=
 body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia have noted that Avat=
ar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe novels by Arkady and=
 Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on a forested world ca=
lled Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the Nave.[226] Vario=
us reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: The Last Rainforest=
,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's Morning Editio=
n has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with one commentator statin=
g that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts in a blender".[23=
1] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that most closely re=
sembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for World Is For=
est (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who happil=
y inhabit dense forests while living in harmony with nature until they are =
attacked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers who believe that the on=
ly good gook is a dead gook".[225] The science fiction writer and editor Ga=
rdner Dozois said that along with the Anderson and Le Guin stories, the "ma=
sh-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] Some sources =
saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features fantastic ima=
ges of dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued C=
ameron and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his images. Dea=
n sought damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The H=
ollywood Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar idea theft cas=
es.[236] Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg=
 praising it as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since=
 Star Wars" and others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master cl=
ass", and "brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian =
is also a noted fan of the film.[237] On the other hand, Duncan Jones said:=
 "It's not in my top three James Cameron films. ... [A]t what point in the =
film did you have any doubt what was going to happen next?".[238] For Frenc=
h filmmaker Luc Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an ad=
aptation of the graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that techn=
ologically supports the scope of its source material, with Besson even thro=
wing his original script in the trash and redoing it after seeing the film.=
[239] TIME ranked Avatar number 3 in their list of "The 10 Greatest Movies =
of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[240] also earning it a spot on the magazine's=
 All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN listed Avatar as number 22 on their list o=
f the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time. </div></div></td></tr> </table></td=
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m's release and unusually strong box office performance over its first two =
weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titanic's world=
wide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office analysts.[294] =
Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for surpassing Tit=
anic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was considered the fi=
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tion."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worldwide gross,=
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 flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released."[296] Brand=
on Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances of be=
coming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it wa=
s too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He s=
aid, "While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough, and the fil=
m is unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3=
 cheaper in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think it was real=
istic to "try to topple Titanic off its perch" because it "just struck some=
 kind of chord" and there had been other good films in recent years.[297] H=
e changed his prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a ma=
tter of time," he said.[298] You've got to compete head on with these other=
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Star Treks. People want a persistent alternate reality to invest themselves=
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want to live somewhere else. Like Pandora. James Cameron on the success of =
Avatar[299] Although analysts have been unable to agree that Avatar's succe=
ss is attributable to one primary factor, several explanations have been ad=
vanced. First, January is historically "the dumping ground for the year's w=
eakest films", and this also applied to 2010.[300] Cameron himself said he =
decided to open the film in December so that it would have less competition=
 from then to January.[287] Titanic capitalized on the same January predict=
ability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[300] Additionally, Avatar es=
tablished itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "At this point, people w=
ho are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and would even if the sl=
ate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty factor" also helped.=
 Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that should be seen in the th=
eaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can have the same exper=
ience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at BoxOfficeProphets.com.=
[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and international viewings help=
ed. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked]=
 similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 markets globally and was No. 1 in all of=
 them", and the markets "such as Russia, where Titanic saw modest receipts =
in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "more screens and moviegoers" t=
han before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D accumulated $1.3 billion=
 in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2008 and more than 10% of the total 20=
09 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=93 an average of $2=
 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=80=93 helped the film.[300] Likewise,=
 Entertainment Weekly attributed the film's success to 3D glasses but also =
to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". Not only do some theaters charge up to $=
18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz" created by the new technology was th=
e possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no b=
asis in previously established material makes its performance remarkable an=
d even more impressive. "The movie might be derivative of many movies in it=
s story and themes," he said, "but it had no direct antecedent like the oth=
er top-grossing films: Titanic (historical events), the Star Wars movies (a=
n established film franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It wa=
s a tougher sell ..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a co=
mbined production and promotion cost of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, t=
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